Toy pistol.



H. D. GARDY.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION IILED 1730.7,1907.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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HENRY '1). GARDY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application med December 7, am. Serial No. 405,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY D. GARDY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Toy Pistol, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy pistols and has for its principal object to provide a device calculated to discharge so called paper caps and simultaneously eject from the device, rubber and other marbles, cards, fire crackers or other objects as may suit the fancy of the operator.

A further object is to provide a neat, simple, efficient and comparatively inexpensive pistol adapted to accomplish the above enumerated results.

A still further object is to combine certain parts and details in order to provide a istol capable of more efficient use than those ieretofore devised.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth the invention comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and sco e of my invention will be more fully un erstood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which Figure 1, is a view in elevation of a pistol of the invention, the said view illustrating the parts in position for firing, and showing one section of the two-part casing removed. Fig. 2, is a top or plan view of the pistol. Fig. 8, is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional view of the pistol illustrating details of construction of the trigger, and, Figs. 5, and 6, are respectively a top or plan view, and an end view of the plunger.

In the drawings there is shown a two-part housing or casing ab, preferably of cast metal, the said parts being secured together as by rivets c. As shown the casing a-l), when assembled comprises a handle d, carrying a barrel e, which terminates in a flaring muzzle f, the said muzzle being formed integral with the barrel and handle of the pistol and being provided with slots as shown. The barrel 6, may be provided with sights g and h, of which the sight h, terminates in a rearwardly extending member i, having a cavity 7', adapted for the reception of so-called paper Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

caps. Between the sight g, and the member i, and extending within the cavity j, thereof, the barrel e, is slotted as at it, along its upper portion, and is slotted as at Z, upon each side of the barrel for a distance equal to the length of the slot 76, as clearlyillustrated. for longitudinal movement through the barrel interior is a plunger m, shown to comprise a stem it, having at its forward end an enlarged ejecting head 0, and having its inner end constructed to accommodate a coiled spring p, which is interposed between the plunger and the rear wall of the pistol within the barrel 6. Arranged rearwardly of the stem at, are laterally projecting wings adapted for travel through the slotted wal s Z, of the barrel, andr, is a cap striking head rising vertically from the stem n, and ada ted for similar travel through the slot k, of t e barrel 6.

Adapted Depending from the barrel 6, and formed integral therewith are parallel walls forming a compartment 1* for the catch .9, of the trigger t. In the present instance the trigger t, is shown. as being provided with laterally arranged lugs to, see Fig. 4, which engage recesses upon the interior portions of the depending walls of the compartment 1". The catch 3, which is adapted to engage a lug on the underside of the stem a, may have pins v, to prevent the same from passing further than necessary within the barrel interior, and a trigger spring may be utilized between the trigger and handle of the pistol.

To operate the pistol the plunger m, is drawn backward, thus compressing the coiled spring 10, and the catch 8, permitted to engage the lug of the plunger as shown in Fig. 1. Marbles, fire-crackers or other objects may then be placed in the flaring muzzle f, or paste-board, cards or similar objects placed within the slots thereof, and a paper cap, if desired, placed within the cavity 3', of the member 6. By pressing the trigger the plunger is forced forward, thus causing the ejecting head 0, to dislodge the object in the flaring muzzle and causing the striking head 1-, to discharge the paper cap. It may he remarked that during this operation the wings q, and striking head 1', traveling through the slotted barrel serve to keep the parts in perfect alinement.

What I claim is:

1. In a toy pistol the combination of a twopart casing said casing being divided upon a central longitudinal line and the parts secured together to form a handle, barrel and flaring muzzle whichare ;integral one with I the other, said muzzle being slotted for the reception of cards to be ejected, cap receiving means in juxtaposition to said muzzle, a spring impelled plunger within the barrel provided with cap-striking means and means for releasing the plunger;

2. In a toy pistol the combination of a barrel having a flaring muzzle slotted for the reception of cards to be ejected, said muzzle being formed integral with the barrel, cap receiving means in juXta osition to said muzzle, a spring impelled p unger, cap-striking means carried thereby and means forreleasing the plunger.

3. In a toy pistol the-combination of a barrel having a flaring muzzle slotted for the reception of cards or similar objects to be ejected said muzzle being formed integral with the barrel, said barrel being provided with cap receiving means in juxtaposition to said muzzle, a spring impelled plunger within the barrel provided with cap striking means, laterally arranged means carried by the plunger for working within slots in the barrel, and means for releasing the plunger.

4. In a toy pistol the combination of a barrel provided with slotted sides and a slotted top, a flaring muzzle slotted for the reception of cards to be ejected formed integral with the barrel, a spring impelled plunger within the barrel provided with laterally arranged wings and an upwardly extending strikinghead adapted for longitudinal travel through a enlarged ejecting head, a spring interposed between the plunger and the rear of the pi tol, laterally arranged wings and an upwardly extending striking-head carried by said plunger, said wings and said head being adapted for longitudinal travel through said slots, a cap receiving member carried by the forward end of the barrel and arranged in the path of said'head and means for releasing the plunger.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of witnesses.

HENRY D. GARDY.

. Witnesses? W. J. JAoKsoN, E. MAYER; 

